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Under water
- By kentmere · New reply 5:15 pm
- In Survivor stories · 2 replies
- This week ,our county in the u k has been battered with gale force winds and heavy rain, yesterday rivers burst there banks flooding houses,all schools are closed roads blocked,our fields are under water ...
My Partner Has 40% Shrinkage!!!
- By raizinlove · New reply 5:10 pm
- In Non-small cell lung cancer - General · 7 replies
- Hello Everyone, We just got the greatest news! After 7 weeks on the new ALK inhibitor drug, there is 40% shrinkage. She is doing really well, there are very few side effects on this new pill regimen ...
Still so hard to believe this is happening ...
- By lovingdaugther · New reply 5:01 pm
- In Non-small cell lung cancer - Stage IV · 2 replies
- My young Mom - she's only 63 - has stage IV lung cancer. When she was first diagnosed in March I went through the emotions ... denial, anger, grief, acceptance ... My Mom had concurrent radiation and ...
desperate daughter
- By SADBB76 · New reply 4:50 pm
- In Non-small cell lung cancer - Stage III · 6 replies
- Somebody help me please... my dad has stage 3B possibly 4 NSCLC and I'm devastated... does anyone got better over this ...
I don't understand any of this
- By redshelton · New reply 4:39 pm
- In Non-small cell lung cancer - General · 8 replies
- My husband is 32. He was diagnosted with nonsmall cell carcinoma of unknown primary on September 4,2009.This was our oldest sons' 11th birthday.He has been receiving chemo every three weeks. Carbo,Taxol,and ...
ISSUE FOR ALIMTA USERS??? READ
- By kitkat4ever · New reply 4:22 pm
- In Non-small cell lung cancer - General · 3 replies
- Folic Acid and Vitamin B12 Increase Risk of Cancer in Patients with Heart Disease By CancerConsultants.com Researchers from Norway have reported that folic acid and B12 supplements in patients with ischemic ...
new on alimta with questions---
- By montanaskies · New reply 4:21 pm
- In Non-small cell lung cancer - Stage IV · 10 replies
- Hi everyone---Diagnosed over a year ago with stage 4 NSCLC, had the 6 rounds of carbo, taxol and avastin, initially tumors had shrunk, was placed on maintenance avastin, some tumor growth, switched to ...
"Cancer's Sweet Tooth"
Vitamins
LDN - it's all in the delivery
- By ACS · New reply 4:09 pm
- In Treatment options · 17 replies
- Hello everyone, Thought I would report back with my experiences of LDN. As some - especially Dee - may recall, my first experiences with LDN were disappointing as I had significant side-effects relating ...
Comments in local Obits re: cancer
- By cards7up · New reply 4:08 pm
- In Treatment options · 5 replies
- I didn't know which topic to pick so just picked this one. I was reading our local obits today and two ladies had died of cancer. These are some of the comments made in there obits, which I found heartwarming ...
Palliative Stand
- By gatnus · New reply 3:55 pm
- In Non-small cell lung cancer - Stage III · 42 replies
- My wife is 78 and just told me she wants to take a palliative stand on chemo/radiation and surgery. She said she had enough on doctors and tests for the last 3 months and will not take their treatments ...
Advice on 2nd Line treatment for SCLC
- By Willsmarie · New reply 3:11 pm
- In Small cell lung cancer · 6 replies
- I just got off the phone with Dana Farber and I'm not happy with them at all. Sam diag. 4/09 sclc with mets to pelvis, Cist-VP-16 6 rounds - break for 6 weeks - Ct scan revealed 2 small spots on his spine ...
Just a few friendly reminders about the rules
How about a group of people battling small cell lung cancer?
- By Waterspirit · New reply 3:07 pm
- In Small cell lung cancer · 32 replies
- "Small Cell Lung Cancer R Us," or something? I found one group which touted that it was a "Small Cell Lung Cancer Group" however, the lead person had some other lung cancer. I for one, would like to find ...
I have a question about bone mets ...........
- By GutsyCheryl · New reply 2:47 pm
- In Non-small cell lung cancer - General · 26 replies
- Hi Friends, I just have a quick question ...... does anyone know if bone mets will be spotted on CT scans? Or can they only be detected by a bone scan? I've never been given a bone scan and I'm wondering ...
$85,000 raised in Jacksonville, FL for Lung Cancer
- By mare · New reply 2:42 pm
- In Non-small cell lung cancer - Stage IV · 16 replies
- Just want to share the good news. The first annual Free to Breathe Lung Cancer Awareness race was held on Nov 7 in Jacksonville, FL. We raised $85,000. We are already working on next years. There are ...
yoohooo, granny where are you?
- By tiffmomiff · New reply 2:39 pm
- In Non-small cell lung cancer - Stage IV · 3 replies
- you haven't posted in a bit ...
Ruthie's First Follow Up Appointment
- By Colleen_A · New reply 2:31 pm
- In Family members and caregivers · 3 replies
- Just to tell all you wonderful people out there, who have supported Ruth and I so willingley, and given us great strength, that her results are excellent. I'm not sure that we use NAD in England, but ...
Finished first 6 dose-dense rounds...
- By mandaylen7 · Posted 2:24 pm
- In Non-small cell lung cancer - Stage IV · 0 replies
- I'm Stage IV small-cell lung with metastatis to the shoulder, spine and liver. After the first 4 heavy-duty rounds of taxol, avastin, zometa, etc., all the tumors had shrank, some were even zapped. The ...